The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-16


ming willie walking along the street in
Jackson, Mississippi, on the 10th.
"A heavy wind and rain storm at
HighmOre, Dakota, on the evening of
the 10th, destroyed several small build
ings.
Near Litchford, Kentucky, on
the 18th, James HolcOmb and John
Deeze went to the house of William
Oller, "tO settle a grudge7' against him
and his son Jake" They used
threatening language to the latter,
%whereupon he discharged a shot gun at
Deeze, killing HIM on the spot. Hol-
comb then ran towards the orchard,
where William Oller wag. The old
man seeing him coming and thinking
he had killed the son, shot Holcomb III
the breast, and killed him. An ex-
animation al Denver, Colorado, of the
body of john Wetter, whose death on
the Sd instant was reported to have
been caused by nee of the stomach,
shows that he died 10y the administra-
ton of poison with criminal intent. A
telegram from Detroit reports the
death of Arthur Stone, alias Arthur
Sanderson, on the evening of the 18th,
from the effects of a gunshOt wound
inflicted by Sergeant DAVIS, of the
Tw|enty-third United States Infantry.
at Fort Wayne. 1t appears that Sand
ersOn recently accused a sergeant of
stealing a cane, and was tried for
conduct derOgatOTy TO military disci-
pline'' and sentenced to two years. i'm
prisonment. On the 18th he made a
break for liberty and was shot. at st.
HenTy's Ohio, on tGe 18th, Caspar
Link, a clock peddler, got drunk and
insulted women on the street. The
villagers tried to chase HIM out of the
place, but he turned on them and
struck Bernard Brock over the head
with a club, crushing in his skull and
killing him instantly. He then struck
Caspar Schneiderherger, knocking him
insensible and inficting injuries which
may preye fatal.
"A disastrous flood, caused by the
breaking Of a dam, has occurred at
Thompson's Falls, Idaho. 1t is re-
ported that many bridges and the
greater portion of tie towns of Noun
tain City and York have been swept
away, and it is feared that many
wagons and teams on the roads have
been caught in the torrent. The dam
age to mining property has been great,
and there are fears that a number of
lives have been lost. A tornado and
hail storm passed over portions of
Hughes and Sully counties, Dakota,
on the evening of the l1th. Hail
stones ''as large as hens eggs" ruined
the crops, while the wind blew down a
number of buildings,
james Martin, a drug clerk IN
Bridgeport, Connecticut, was charg-
ing a soda fountain on the morning
of the 18th, when it burst, and a large
fragment struck him, causing a COM.
pound fracture Of both legs below the
knees.
Grape rot is reported all through
the Piedmont section of Virginia, and
the grape crop there is said to be vir-
tualIy destroyed.
Joseph Il Lincoln was awakened
in his Commonwealth avenue residence
in Boston on the evening of the 11th
by a burglar, who threatened his life if
he refused TO give up his v%aluabies.
Mr.. Lincoln, who was alone in the
house, handed over nearly S400 in
cash and his gold watch to the burglar,
who escaped. On the 18th Edward W.
Skiff, a HerdIc driver, who took Mr..
Lincoln home at midnight, was arres-
ted and confessed that he got a ''chum"
to go to the house with HIN and ON
NIT the robbery. The watch, but not
the cash was recovered.
AT Royal Centre, Indiana, on the
morning of the 18th, w. A. Garner
a figure ''groping around the
Thinking it a burglar, he
fired and shot his wife dead.
"A member of the Hull Yacht
Club reported at Boston on the 18th
that on the afternoon of the 10th while
his yacht was anchored between Deer
and Long Islands, he saw a boat con
five men capsi2e a mile away.
He put out In Il small boat for the
place, but found nothing.
The fire in the Otter Coluery, near
Pottsviile, is still raging. and the
around the mouth of the slope
is caying IN. On the afternoon Of tie
18th. young Eddie Ferguson, son OF
the outside boss (the boy who first dis
covered the FREE, was crossing the floor
Of the engine Don with his fathers
dinner, when the charred boards gave
and he disappeared into the burn
ing mine, amid IN outburst of flame,
by the collapse of the engine
floor.
While watching a thunder storm
from their piazza. near Opelika, Ala
Oama, on the llth, Mrs. John Bank
head and her three children were struck
by lightning. Two OF the children
we're killed, and the other child and
The mother are III Il critical condition.
Mrs. Craig and her niece, Allie
Phillips. We're caught on "A trestle bridge
near Dalton, Georgia, 10y a train, on
the morning of the 18Th, and killed.